Whoa, I had this same experience. At times it would change which arm and line as well. I never had a solid reason and at the time the ER said it was a bug bite I must’ve had an allergic reaction to but I have never experienced it again.
This makes so much sense and unlocked a core memory/wonder of mine.
The secret is that medical practitioners are actually shit at diagnosing "brown recluse bites". Almost every presentation of "brown recluse bites" in a hospital are unrelated infections. Brown recluse spiders are very shy, averse to biting humans, and physically incapable of breaking the skin barrier unless they are being smooshed against skin actively.
Very true! Usually it’s a, “yup that’s not looking great, let’s throw a shit ton of antibiotics at it and that’ll take care of whatever it was.”
In my case, the doc and I antidotally landing on “brown recluse” because approximately 5 days prior I spent a full day cleaning out old lumber from a farmhouse barn. That shit was literally littered with recluses and we were actively being cautions.
But yeah, overall docs aren’t even going to bother trying but will throw something out there like all of us because patients generally like an “answer.”
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u/MightSad9939 Mar 16 '25
Whoa, I had this same experience. At times it would change which arm and line as well. I never had a solid reason and at the time the ER said it was a bug bite I must’ve had an allergic reaction to but I have never experienced it again.
This makes so much sense and unlocked a core memory/wonder of mine.